London — African telecoms regulation is at a crossroads. A combination of changing business models and a downturn in economies across Africa is impacting on the competitive dynamic in all markets. Incumbent mobile operators are slowing down innovation and the transition to digital. Russell Southwood looks at how regulation has to change to get to Africa's digital future.
I've visited two African countries recently - Benin and Kenya - which are at very different ends of the competitive market spectrum. But both serve to illustrate the kind of dead ends regulators now find themselves in.
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